The Origin of March 3rd in Hainan The Legend of March 3rd in Hainan

The Origin of March 3rd in Hainan The Legend of March 3rd in Hainan

Hainan March 3 originated from an ancient legend of Li nationality in Hainan. In ancient times, one year, the Changhua River in the northwest of Hainan Island flooded, inundating mountain villages, and people and animals died, leaving only one man and one woman in the world, calling each other brother and sister dependent on each other. The man's name is Ribar Fa, and the woman's name is Bai Guanyin. When they grow up, in order to get married, they decided to find someone else separately and make an appointment to meet on the third day of the third lunar month next year.

As a result, both of them failed in recent years. When my sister saw that she couldn't find anyone else, she reluctantly tattooed her face with a bamboo stick and dyed it with plants to prevent her brother from recognizing herself. On March 3rd of a certain year, she became a relative in a cave in Yanwoling, gave birth to a child and gave birth to descendants for the Li people. This is also the legend of the origin of Li nationality's March 3rd tattoo.

In order to commemorate them, every day, women and children from Li Men, villages and townships gather in Yanan Liang, Qintianxia, Mudanpo and Baocuipo from all directions with zongzi and cakes. During the day, boys go fishing, girls cook and fish, and then put the baked fish in the cave with cakes and zongzi to worship their ancestors. At night, people build bonfires on hillsides and river banks, and sing folk songs, wrestle and swing by the bonfires. Young men and women take this opportunity to pour out their hearts and give each other tokens. The girls tied colorful belts woven by themselves around the young man's waist, and the young man put earrings on the girls' ears, or inserted the hair pins made of deer bones in A-mei's bun, so as to meet again on March 3 next year. March 3rd is a traditional festival of Li nationality, just like that of Miao nationality in Hainan.

Celebrate March 3 rd

In order to celebrate March 3, the preparations should be carried out half a month in advance. The man went hunting in the mountains, salted and sealed his prey; Women rub rice at home to make zongba; Young men and women prepare beautiful clothes and betrothal gifts. Prey and zongzi are offered as sacrifices to ancestors in the auditorium. If the hunting fails, it will be changed to killing chickens and sacrificed by clan elders. The old people came to the most popular nursing home in the village with pickled mountain flavor and brewed glutinous rice wine, sitting on the floor and drinking banana leaves and papaya leaves. There is a beautiful story about its origin.

Legend has it that in ancient times, brother and sister hid in pumpkins and survived. Today, in Dongfang Town, Dongfang City, every year on the third day of the third lunar month, young men and women from all over the country get together to participate in the "March 3" grand event, singing and dancing, and talking about love.

Li nationality festival

In the long historical development process, the Li people have formed their own festivals. It not only reflects the customs and religious beliefs of the Li nationality, but also contains the rich national character and cultural psychology of the Li nationality. Influenced by the Han nationality, Li people hold many Lunar New Year festivals that are the same as or similar to the traditional festivals of the Han nationality in the neighboring Han nationality areas and areas where Li and Han people live together. For example, the Spring Festival celebrated by Jiang and Han people is similar to Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day is similar to Han people, and the fifth day of May is similar to Dragon Boat Festival celebrated by Han people. There are also July 30, Splashing Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. The sameness or similarity of these festivals, to a great extent, shows the integration of Li and Han nationalities in the long-term historical development, the spirit of Li people advocating civilization and progress, and their convergence psychology. In addition, the traditional festivals of the Li nationality are still preserved in the Li nationality area, such as "Fu Nianfu" (transliteration of Fusnianfus in Li language), namely "March 3" and "Cow Festival".

Most of the traditional festivals of Li nationality are the same as those of Han nationality, mainly including Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Festival and April 8. In addition, there are many traditional festivals with their own national characteristics.